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Archive for the ‘News’ Category

July 6th, 2008

Blu-Ray Xbox 360 Rumor Once Again Denied

We’ve talked quite a bit about the Xbox 360 Blu-ray rumor, going as far as saying that a Blu-ray drive would be coming soon. While everything keeps pointing to the fact that Microsoft has a Blu-ray drive in the works, the company keeps insisting that they don’t.
Most recently, Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division President […]

By Ingrid -- 3 comments

July 5th, 2008

PS3 and PSP: So Happy Together

Looks like Sony plans to offer more integration between the PlayStation 3 console and the PlayStation Portable. The two have seen some updates of late (i.e. the remote play feature), but Sony Computer Entertainment doesn’t want to stop there.
John Koller (SCEA Director of Hardware Markating) revealed the following in an interview with IGN:

“I think […]

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July 5th, 2008

Sony Pulls PlayStation 3 2.4 Update

Sony Entertainment finally updated the PlayStation Network with the highly anticipated 2.4 update only to take it down soon after it went live. Reports on the official PlayStation message boards pointed to issues with the update and players claimed that their consoles were “bricking” after installing the update.
Sony’s respose was to pull down the […]

By Ingrid -- 0 comments

July 5th, 2008

Games Sales Beat DVDs in US Market

For anyone who still believes that video games are this marginal, tiny off-shoot of the entertainment industry, populated by a small segment of basement-dwelling cave boys….wake up!
The annual report from the Entertainment Merchants Association had a look at entertainment across platforms and had some interesting things of note with regards to the relative sizes of […]

By Erin -- 0 comments

June 29th, 2008

Wrath of the Lich King Dungeon: Halls of Stone

Continuing our coverage of the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, here’s some information about another dungeon (the first was The Occulus) coming up on the Wrath of the Lich King expansion for World of Warcraft: The Halls of Stone.
The Halls of Stone will be located in the Storm Peaks and will be a level 77-79 dungeon. Blizzard […]

By Ingrid -- 1 comment

June 29th, 2008

Wrath of the Lich King: How Does the Death Knight Fit Into the Dungeons/Raids?

The Blizzard team shed a bit of light on the role the Death Knight is meant to play in a dungeon or raid setting come Wrath of the Lich King. Essentially, Blizzard told us that the Death Knight hero class is meant to be a viable tank at both the dungeon and raid level and […]

By Ingrid -- 1 comment

June 29th, 2008

Wrath of the Lich King Factions and Reputation

At the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, the Blizzard development team discussed the ways in which faction reputation will work in the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion.
The Blizzard team introduced the concept of “Championing” which allows players to sport a specific faction’s tabard during a heroic dungeon run and gain reputation for that particular faction regardless of […]

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June 29th, 2008

Wrath of the Lich King Itemization

During today’s Dungeons and Raids Panel at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, the Blizzard team revealed some facts about itemization in the upcoming expansion.
Here’s a few things we can expect:

PvP gear will be available through PvE in addition to PvP

More items per boss kill in 25-player raids

More items that work for more classes so that loot […]

By Ingrid -- 1 comment

June 29th, 2008

Wrath of the Lich King Dungeons & Raid Overview from Blizzard WWI ‘08

Today during the second and last day of the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, Blizzard revealed several tidbits about what can be expected from the WotLK dungeons and raids.
For the Wrath of the Lich King expansion we can expect:

All raids to be available at both the 10-player and 25-player level, with 25-player loot being one tier higher […]

By Ingrid -- 1 comment

June 29th, 2008

More GTA “Copy Cat” Crimes

Nassau County police had a busy night on Tuesday reigning in what are being described as “video game inspired crimes”. Six youths went on a bit of a spree, allegedly mugging a man outside of a super market, attempting a car-jacking, and damaging vehicles with a variety of weapons, including a crowbar, a bat, and […]

By Erin -- 1 comment